Junior News

As part of their Women in Sport strategy, Triathlon Ireland are developing a school’s programme that will combine exercise with learning. They are looking for the students themselves to help design the modules as they would be best placed to identify which particular life skills or subjects their age group would benefit from. They are […]

Congratulations to Elaine Yelverton who has been named female TI Academy athlete of the year. She received this award for a super season which saw her competing in Liverpool British super series and Irish cat1 sprint champs along with podium positions in junior NS and domestic events. Elaine’s hard work has been paying off and […]

We recently attended a Junior Development meeting hosted by Anna Grealish, the TI Munster regional development officer, to share ideas and experiences on how best to facilitate and develop junior sections of clubs in the region. While we have always been keen to attract Children (8-13) and Youths (14-16) to the club, it has proved […]

Junior Duathlon Training Day – Sunday March 8 Organised by Ennis Triathlon Club and Limerick Triathlon Club Location: Quin, Co. Clare Directions from Limerick: https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/Limerick/52.8180155,-8.8526491/@52.7529209,-8.9520348,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!4m7!1m5!1m1!1s0x485b5c611f545113:0xa00c7a997317330!2m2!1d-8.6304975!2d52.6680204!1m0 It’s on the left hand side about 500m up from the school on the Newline Road. Arrive: 10:30 am Structured warm-up and practice on course begins at 10:45 am. Duathlon practice start […]

Limerick Triathlon Club are running an Open Day for Juniors October 25th in UL. This is being run by Club Coach Lynne Algar, on behalf of Limerick Triathlon Club. Depending on the success of this training day, we hope to run more training days during the year for different age groups and race distances. So […]

What a great turn out for the LTC Junior Aquathon today in UL Sport, with over 70 Junior Athletes attending. Hosted last year with Predator, this was the first time Limerick hosted this race solo, and it was a huge success. We had great support from Predator with over 25 athletes travelling from Loughrea. Also […]

The Limerick Triathlon Club Aquathon is open to all Kids & Juniors. Distances are age appropriate but the shortest swimming distance is 50m (one length). Kids will need Swimming Togs, Goggles, Swim Hat, a T-shirt & Runners. Your child does not have to be a member of Triathlon Ireland to enter, but those who are […]

Triathlon Ireland are holding Junior training day in Ennis on Sunday July 13th. The Junior Training Day is open to 10 – 19 year olds of all levels of experience and ability. The day will be packed with activities and should prove to be fun and informative for budding triathletes or duathletes. The day will […]

Well done to our Junior members at The Joey Hannan 2014! The Try a Tri Junior saw Elaine Yelverton and Roisin Allen in action, with Elaine coming home in first place superbly retaining her title from 2013. On the boys side, Eoghan Higgins did the Try distance, with Eoghan Beary, Chris Carey, Ciaran Lyons, Mike Finucane […]

Joey Hannan Training Day on Saturday 19th April for Juniors and Beginner Try-a-tri adults. This is invaluable to anyone who would like to do a practice run before the big day. Swim at UL 1.30 with tips on Joey Swim, 1hr approx Followed by cycling the Joey try-a-tri course Finishing with the 3k run course. […]

Great news for all kids looking for Bike Handling skills. The exciting and fun “SUBWAY” Sprocket Rocket Bike Skills Course is now Starting May 11th in LIMERICK, and will be subsidised for all LTC members and Juniors. This course is being organised by Eamonn Horgan and promises to be a safe, fun and exciting course […]